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  Olafur Arnalds, 'For Now I Am Winter' (Mercury Classics)

  April 1, 2013 – The major label debut from Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds begins and ends on a familiar note, with bookend tracks flaunting his signature blend of stately electronic ambience and classical flourishes; the closer, "Carry Me Anew," also dissolves into about 20 seconds of complete silence. But in between, For Now I Am Winter revels in a profound new element: Four tracks feature actual vocals. In English, no less. …
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  See Olafur Arnalds' Aging Shoreman Rave in 'Old Skin' Video

  February 28, 2013 – Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds has a gentle touch to often massively emotive results. While last year's Another Happy Day score was merely a pleasant drifter, his melancholic 2010 opus ...And They Have Escaped the Weight of Darkness was a cinematic-feeling feat, and his forthcoming For Now I Am Winter LP looks to reprise that greatness. …
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• Ólafur Arnalds, '...And They Have Escaped the Weight of Darkness' (Erased Tapes)

  June 8, 2010 – This 23-year-old composer paints a unique fog of fragile melancholy using the tiniest of brushes -- weightless drones, pianos pressed with a feathery touch, bows barely scraping strings, and electronic bliplets that sound like submarines cooing in the murky distance. …
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